Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-06


Rsw sho i've "a the interior 81 the
sosntFy. fee even who live On the Al
Iantis ssaboasd. FeaIixs fully TIE advan-
tsRss psssesssd By . city lsesfsd 90
PaRst Boand- Here. truly, us are 81
the gateway Of tie wsTId. We Stand,
- u vsEs. upon the dividing line b
tssea 0seidsnt asd Oriest. bssvsen
TIE TROPICS and fhs regions Of eternal
anow. Bshind a. ID tbs great. brsy,
bustiinR eiviIxsiisB Of which - a.
paFf; the cISiiizsiio1 which IL e nm
and the result Of all intelligent human
endeayOF since that day. almost hidden
In khs misfs which obscure the dawn Of
Of history, % which Tubsi Cain
wrousht 90 bis anvil the hrss iron i'm
Vlsnens OF useful tell; TIE esviiiEslien
for which every event IN the past has
been preparation and of which every
event IN the failure will Be 9 result; the
siyiiizsfiea which levels 10 untairs,
bridges foods, Tears tie thaudsrbOlts Of
Joys from his no losesF powerful grasp
and makes Of them Instruments Tor
working out the destiniss Of meB; the
civilization whios seeks 70 aBaihilsts
time and space sad even lesps toward
the stars 10 its restless, consuming i'm
pulse 10 sake the manl,ks kodlike
Such is the civilizstiss Of which ve are
the outpost and whose standard ws have
raised within sound Of the myriad
voices Of the greatest Of oceans.
Before - is that other civilization
whioh divides With the result Of Faro
pssn and AmsFiean progress the doni
nEtion Of the world. The sun which
kisses 1he snowy Olympios lie Iass good
siRht rises on land hoaFy with an
tiquity ard srssas nation whose uniB-
tsFFuptea story extends 10 the utleEmost
verge Of time. There IL 70 intervening
land. The evening Of Pueet sosnd blends
int the morning. Of the Orient; The
traveller Who leaves our shore steps next
upsn the coil Of Asia RspresentisR all
the restless sspirAtious. all abe marvel
Gus impulses, Of the civilization Of the
West. 30 stand fses 10 face With the
civilization Of the East. The ocean
watch rolls between q . highway aud
not barrier. copaecsing link and not
. dividing line. Oar nsiGhbOrs ere the
japanese. fast dsnnina ths QAFb Of
new civilization. the dreaueTs Who have
for ages been los, In the depths Of the
phil osopby Of Csnfueius. the Weavers Of
Cashmere and the summing workers of
India. The hand Of that civilization
Which We would grasp aeFsss the waters
IL brown and sbFivelled with the lapse
Of centuries. II is a. II those whose
greatness is 10 the future bat vhe repre-.
sent the greatness Of the present we're
10 grasp hands with the silent and I'M
progressive past.
To the soHth are the tropics. The
ships which sail from cur harbors have
not long to sail before they are travers
inc seas Of eternal summer. The lands
TO vhish they sail are brilliant With the
luxnriant vegetation Of tropical climes.
South America aud the islands Of TIE
southern seas are our neighbsrs. Be-
yond lies Australia. the new seat Of
European civilization, just snseFinR
upon a career whose failure oFeatns So no
prophet csn measure.
To the North are the regions Of eter
mai snew. A few DAYS sail takes the
voyaReF TO land more arctic tbsn ten
peFste, to shore where the crack and
roar of the glacier 40 !, plunges into she
saa are ever heard few weeks sail
takes him 10 reEious into which none
bat the explorer, the vhaIeF and the
sealer ventuEe-beyond. are the sell
tudes vhioh border On the pole.
Thus are Ne ,raiy at the doo's Of the
four regions Of the world. We are
nsightors alike to ths Oooidest ard the
Orient. the tropics and the Aroiio. We
are bound with bands OF iron TO the
civilization OF the West. and our ocean
hiehway links Us 10 ihs East. Here,
more rapidly than Ia sny other region,
can the pFodaots Of the entire globe be
brought together. To every corner Of
the earth ia Paeei Soaad united; from
none is IL separated.
And, ~ II nature recognized. the
future commercial Importance Of this
country, its coast contains safe and
quiet haFbors in which the shipping Of
the entire world could find aaOohraRe.
And nature has also blessed the shores
Of PaEet Sonnd With g climate which
will be the unending delight Of the mil.
liens Who will one DAY eujoy 10. Puget
Sound will be 10 the future vhat the
Mediterranean vas 10 the ancient world
tho high wsy between Orient aud o.
oidens, the waters upon which the YES
sells OF every nation will meet and over
whioh large portion Of the oommeFee
81 the world will pass. No Laws en-
sHsct The prosperity Of this section and
no Discrimination against 10 BY railroads
OF steamships can ipiars H. Oar meth
DDS Of communication are many and
various, and no Law or decree sAn inter
Fupt them.
Il is for these reasons that Puget
soand nav be said to be al the gateway
Of the world.
Tas sPRING TRADE.